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Touring the World's Largest Permanent Desert Lake And Its Magical Crater Lakes. Exploring Turkana.
Video by Liv Kenya
Namoratunga, Kalokol, Central Island, and Eliye Springs carry the Journey onto and around Lake Turkana.
Place
Central Island National Park
Nature
Lake Turkana, Turkana County, Kenya
A volcanic island national park in Lake Turkana, known for crater lakes and stark black-sand shorelines.
Firsthand material by Liv Kenya
Why go
Why visit this place?
The boat crossing and crater walk bring the Journey into one of Turkana's most distinctive landscapes.
When you arrive
What to expect
This is a remote protected area reached by open-water boat. Weather, lake conditions, park access, guides, and safety arrangements are decisive.
Local knowledge
Local tip
Travel only with an experienced authorized operator and current Kenya Wildlife Service guidance.
Visiting
Getting there
Arrange the crossing from an appropriate Lake Turkana landing, as Liv's group did from the Kalokol area.
Best time: Confirm current access, weather, road, and local conditions before setting out.
Journey
How to reach Central Island National Park
Begin with a practical starting point, then follow the route and local knowledge that lead to this Place.
Lodwar and Lake Turkana
Lodwar opens onto Namoratunga, Kalokol, Central Island's crater lakes, and Eliye Springs.
Follow this Journey →Mombasa to Kakuma through Turkana
Liv Kenya's complete 2022 expedition from Mombasa through Voi, the Taita Hills, Taveta, Tsavo West, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kitale, West Pokot, Lodwar, Lake Turkana, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei.
Follow this Journey →Continue exploring
Continue from Central Island National Park
This Place can also become the starting point for another discovery.
Lodwar and Lake Turkana 2 videos available.
Lodwar opens onto Namoratunga, Kalokol, Central Island's crater lakes, and Eliye Springs.
Continue with this Journey →Mombasa to Kakuma through Turkana 2 videos available.
Liv Kenya's complete 2022 expedition from Mombasa through Voi, the Taita Hills, Taveta, Tsavo West, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kitale, West Pokot, Lodwar, Lake Turkana, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei.
Continue with this Journey →Where is it—and how do you reach it?
Exact location; public Journeys are shown on the map
Further viewing
See another view of Central Island National Park
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